The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday selected District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to serve as president after the freshly appointed members were sworn in.

In a historic first, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors now has four LGBTQ community members serving on it.

Women make up 50.2% of San Mateo County, according to the latest census data.

Paul Canepa and Sonny Dhaliwal were chosen as the new chair and vice chair of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors as new members were sworn in.

Rafael Mandelman has obtained his much-coveted position of board president; Myrna Melgar staved off an electoral slugfest by bowing out

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors now has a new president after District 8 supervisor Rafael Mandelman was elevated to the role by a unanimous vote from his colleagues Wednesday. Some of those members had sworn their first oath of office to join the body only minutes before,